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Tuesday, 18 June 2013

Decision to Name Washington Intersection After Righteous Gentile Causes Controversy

FSWC Reports:

From ynetnews.com:

A seemingly standard
decision that was supposed to be put into action smoothly and
undetectable has galvanized a national outcry.

A former Washington civil official and local history buff, in
conjunction with the Bulgarian Embassy, recently requested to name a
street intersection in Washington for Dimitar Peshev, who served as vice
president of Bulgaria's
parliament during World War II and helped save the country's Jewish population during the Holocaust.READ MORE...